Revised DWP ‘fit for work’ letter sent to GPs continues to be ‘misleading’
'Misleading' letter continues to threaten the health and wellbeing of sick and disabled people.
Health
Terminally ill face severe financial hardship because of an ‘outdated’ benefits system
Cruel 'six-month rule' is ‘outdated, arbitrary and not based on clinical reality’, inquiry finds.
Social media contributing to growth in mental health problems, research finds
Study looked at the impact social media is having on people's mental health.
Charity warns of social care ‘rationing’ as funding cuts reach £7.7bn
Fears grow that more older and disabled people will be made to go without care in England.
Free social care for over-65s would save the NHS £4.5bn a year
IPPR report claims it would also create 70,000 new jobs in the care sector.
Children with learning disabilities ‘locked away’ in mental health hospitals
Report warns that vulnerable children are being sedated or physically restrained while detained in mental health hospitals.
Hundreds of vulnerable and mentally ill children ‘locked up by the state’ because councils lack sufficient funding
Report warns that the true number is likely to be far higher due to Government failings in gathering data.
‘Misleading’ DWP letter sent to GP’s risks ‘endangering’ patient health
The DWP letter advises GP’s not to provide sick notes to people found ‘fit for work’.
Children’s life expectancy slips below their parents for the first time since records began
New film challenges people to take control of their health and wellbeing.
Children face mental health ‘postcode lottery’, Commissioner warns
Over a third of councils in England have reduced real-terms spending on "low level" children's mental health services.
NHS privatisation one step closer as Tories dish out £35million in new contracts in just six weeks
Accusation comes after Health Secretary claimed "there would be no privatisation of the NHS under my watch".
Thousands call on DWP to stop telling GPs not to give sick notes to benefit claimants
"It is not for the DWP to interfere with the GP and their patient."
List of medical conditions for which you can no longer receive NHS prescriptions
Conditions such as Haemorrhoids, acne, and ringworm will no longer be covered NHS prescriptions in England.
Down’s Syndrome patient died after NHS deprived him of food for almost THREE weeks
His distraught carers and family slammed the "third-rate medical care" provided by Manchester Royal Infirmary.
BPS call for an end to ‘harmful’ benefit sanctions
Mental health experts demand an end to the cruel use of benefit sanctions on people with mental health problems.
DWP letter to GPs deprives sick and disabled people of lifeline benefits support
GPs advised not to provide sick notes for sick and disabled people found 'fit for work' by the DWP.
Disabled man ‘wasting away’ after DWP stopped his £700 a month disability benefits
Mr Jones says he has become "too weak to walk to foodbanks".
Universal Credit ‘causing hardship and emotional distress’, says mental health charity
DWP urged to pause the continued roll-out of Universal Credit until problems with the new benefit system are fixed.
Benefit changes driving demand for NHS mental health services, report says
Widespread concerns about benefits cuts and the impact of universal credit on mental health services.
Benefits system causing ‘unneccesary distress’ to people with mental health problems, report says
Urgent changes needed to prevent people with mental health problems from "falling out of the system entirely".
Revealed: Secret DWP plans to access benefit claimant’s NHS medical records
Experts warn plan could deter vulnerable people from visiting their doctor.
Homeless charities warn of ‘national emergency’ as soaring numbers of rough sleepers are admitted to hospitals
"The Government must ensure housing benefit can cover rents, and ramp up efforts to build more social homes."
DWP tells GPs not to support benefit claimants with sick notes
"This callous and unjustified approach to social administration is destroying people’s lives", writes Sue Jones.
Thousands die within months of being refused disability benefits, DWP minister admits
Nearly 8,000 people have died within six months of having a claim for Personal Independence Payment rejected by the DWP.
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